How-To's
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- For the latest list of guides and tutorials for unRAID, please see Guides and Videos (v6 only). But see also the lists below, there are How-To's that are not on the Guides and Videos page.
- Important Note: some information is out-of-date! Please check the version notes with each entry. If you select a link and it takes you to a page that does not mention v6, then very likely the information is out-of-date!!!
- See also Best of the Forums#How To's (a little old)
Basic
- Guides and Videos (v6 only)
- Getting Started with unRAID (a little old)
- Upgrading to UnRAID v6 (v4,v5,v6beta -> v6)
- Migrating from unRAID 4.7 to unRAID 5.0 (v4 -> v5)
- Upgrading from unRAID version 3 (v3 -> v4)
- Fix Common Problems (v6 only)
- Improving unRAID Performance (mostly v4 & v5)
- Using SSH or Telnet (v4, v5, v6)
- Viewing the System Log (v4, v5, v6)
- Console - console commands for finding information or command line tasks (v4, v5, v6)
- Add One or More New Data Drives (v4, v5)
- Building an unRAID Server (for v5, but helpful for any)
- Replacing a Data Drive (v4, v5, v6)
- Replace A Cache Drive (v4, v5, v6)
- Replacing the Motherboard in Your unRAID Server (v4, v5)
- Stop array from command line (v4, v5, ?v6?)
- Make Windows remember your unRAID credentials (??? v4, v5, v6)
- Mount an SSD outside the array with ext4 and Discard (aka Trim) support (v6)
Drive Trouble
- Check Disk Filesystems (v4, v5, v6)
- How to prevent drive failures (v4, v5, v6)
- Resolving a red X (red ball) (v4, v5, v6)
- Re-enable a disabled drive (v4, v5, v6)
- Replacing a Data Drive (v4, v5, v6)
- The parity swap procedure (v4, v5, v6)
Moving Files
- Data Syncing within same computer - server to/from external drive (v6 only)
- Replacing Multiple Data Drives with a Single Larger Drive (v4, v5, v6)
- Transferring Files from a Network Share to unRAID (v4, v5)
- Transferring Files from a Linux software RAID (written for v4, but adaptable to any)
- Transferring Files Within the unRAID Server - discusses mc, cp, mv (written for v4, but adaptable to any)
- Transferring Files using rsync between 2 unRAID boxes (v4, v5, v6)
- Copy files from a NTFS drive (v4, ?v5?)
- Backing-up 'config/super.dat' and 'config/disk.cfg' Files (v4, v5, v6)
- Mounting an external USB drive having an existing NTFS file system in READ/WRITE mode to transport files from/to unRaid server (v4, v5)
Utility
- Boot Codes (v4, v5, probably unneeded in v6)
- Check Disk Filesystems (v4, v5, v6)
- Check Harddrive Speed (v4, v5, v6)
- Find duplicate folder names on all data drives - can be very helpful for a user that finds movies split across multiple drives (v4, v5, v6)
- How to partition, format ext4, and mount an SSD outside the array (v6)
- Make unRAID Trust the Parity Drive, Avoid Rebuilding Parity Unnecessarily (v4, v5, v6)
- Setting up CPU and board temperature sensing (v5, v6)
- Setup Sleep (S3) and Wake on Lan (WOL) (written for v4, but helpful to any)
Other Applications
- All of these are very old, not for v6
- AirVideo Server for iPhone/iPad
- HandBrakeCLI
- Python
- rtorrent+rutorrent - running in a screen session
- Samba announced over Avahi - for Mac users
- Subsonic
- Twonky Media server
- UPnP
- Install Python based servers (SABnzbd, SickBeard and CouchPotato)
Advanced
- All of these are very old, not updated for v6
- Building CHBMB's unraid-dvb builds in an unRAID VM
- Building a custom kernel
- Installing unRAID on a full Slackware distro
- Test New Build
- Editors notes:
- It would be nice if someone would locate many of the helpful scripts, written to meet specific needs, and add links here, or elsewhere in the wiki if better suited there. If it has helped one person, it will probably help another, and these scripts often get lost in past forgotten threads.
- This list needs descriptive text with each link
- Also needs links to the many how-to's hiding in forum posts